Improvement



J. H. WILSON. Ditching-Maohifie.

N0. 207,376. Patented Aug. 27.1878.

1' TATE S PATENT QFFIGE JOHN H. WILSON, OF RUSSEL TOIVNSHIP, PUTNAMCOUNTY, INDIANA.

IMPROVEIVIENT IN DITCHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming pa1t of Letters Patent N0. 207,376, (lated August27, 1878; application filed April 29, 1878.

T0 all whom it mag; conce1n.

Be it known that I, JOHN H. VVILSON, of Russel township, in t11e countyof Putnam ancl State of Indiana, have invented a new and nsefulDitehing-Maohine, of which the following is a clesoript-ion, referencebeing hacl t0 the aocompanying clrawings.

My invent-ion relates to a ditching-maohine, and has f01 its objeot theremoval of superfluons di1t fron1 the bottom of a treneh previously eutin tl1e ground, ancl the forrning of an additional clitoh or narrowreoeptacle at the bottom of said trench, of snffioient depth and Widthto receive ancl hold seotions 0f tile ancl prevent the1n from beingseparated o1 displaoed at the joints, thereby seouring an unobstruoteclfiow of water through a pipe composed of many seetions.

Heretofore tile have been laid on the bottom of a treneh wl1ere thetrenoh is so wide as to per1nit said tile to beeome displaeecl 01separated at the joints, thereby oausing dirt to enter at tl1eclisjointecl parts and obstrnct the flow of water, produoing verynnsatisfaotory drainage.

My invention consists of a newlyconstructecl clitching-maohine,consisting of a frame provicled with a curved outter or sooop-plow belowthe frame and a groovecl inolined plane extencling frorn tl1e l1eel ofthe scoop-plow to a receiving-box above tl1e frame, and a lever for tl1eattachment of draft-horses.

In tl1e aoeompanying clrawings, in whioh like letters of reference inthe different fignres inclioate like parts, Fignre 1 represents alongitudinal vertioal seetion of my newly-organized ditohing-maohine.Fig. 2 is a top view of tlle saxne, and Fig. 3 represents a crossseetionof the machine in a trenoh.

A A represent the side sills, united together by the cross-bars B B ateach end. F represents an inolined plane providedwith a groove, G. 'll1egroove l inolinecl plane F G is attached to tl1e sills AA, anclprojeot-s below and above saicl frame, anal is secured at the top to thefioor D of the receiving-box. The sicles E E ancl back O of tl1ereoeiving-box are also seoured to tl1e sills A A and to the floor D, andproject npward, so as to fonn a box with two sides and one end. Theother or front end, being open, allows the (ll1b that is forced np tl1egrooved inolinecl plane F G as tl1e ditol1er n1oves forwarcl to bedeposited on the floor E of the reoeiving-box.

'lhe curved cntter or sooop-plow 11 is secured. to tl1e sills A A bybolts P, and tl1e ourvecl bottom j is attaol1ed to the projeoting lowerend of tl1e groovecl inclined plane F G, With an inclination similav tothat shown in Fig. l.

Tl1e lever J is pivote l at L between the sills A A, and projeots abovethe top of the frame, so that when the machine is in a trenoh, as sl1ownin Fig. 3, the lever J will project above the surface 0f the ground,and. admit of a chain being seoured to it and to the drafthorses fortl1e purpose of clrawing the maohine along in the trenoh.

'Ihe operation of 1ny ditehing-maehine is as follows, to wit: Themaohine is lowerecl iuto a treneh previously out in the grouncl, With aohain attached to the lever J and to the (lraft-horsS, and as themaohine is clrawn along in the trenoh tl1e enrved sooop-plow H plows afnrrow 01 ditoh at the botton1 of said trenol1, the sillsA A1iding 011the bottom of the original trenoh and regulating the depth of tl1esooop-plow H, as shown in Fig. 3. .lhe (1i1t removed by the ourvedsooopplow H is taken fro1n tl1e Center of the treneh ancl foroed up tl1einclined plane I G into the receivingbox O E D from wl1ioh it is re-1noved by shovels. The groove or furrow forn1ecl at the bottom of thetrenoh is of Sulfieient width and depth to reoeive tl1e tile and holdtl1e nu1nerous sections all in line. If 110 tile is 110 be had, thenpieces 0f fiat stones 01' timber rnay be laid on the bottom of thetrenoh, resting on the upper edges of the ditoh below, where the sills AA l1ave traveled, and leave a good clean diteh for wate1 to flowumlerneath; and if the (litoh is 1nade in olay, the drainage will bealmost as good as if tile were used; butif tl1e soil is samly, then tl1etile should be used to prevent the ditoh fro1n fillin g; np.

Vl1at I elaim as new, aml desire to secu1e by Letters Patent, is-

In testimony whereof I ha-ve signed mv name t0 this specificmion in thepresence 0f tw0 subseribing witnesses.

JOHN H. VILSON.

\Vitnessesz E. O. FRINK, ED\VARD KILER.

